More Bad News for the U.S. Steel Industry

Auto makers plan a broad shift to aluminum from steel in larger vehicles over the next decade in North America, and 18% of all vehicles will have all-aluminum bodies by 2025, compared with less than 1% now, according to an industry study released this week.

Ford will open the floodgates with its 2015 aluminum-bodied F-150 truck, because rather than putting more aluminum into a niche sports car, the company is putting it into the best-selling car in America. More on this after the jump…